There is just no choice. She had to do it! When the lovely Lady Genevieve Rohan realized the extent of the seriousness of their financial situation.she knew she had to do everything to help her father finish his manuscript on time.

Viscount Rohan, now very ill, simply had to finish his study of every indigenous tribe in America, including the much feared Blackfoot tribe, or they would lose everything. Her father, initially so confident in his abilities and insights has made a high stakes wager with the Duke of Starksboro and wagered that he could prove "Indians" were human and civilized. Now, if he didn't get his book published he would lose everything, including their lands, their home and his work!

To make matters worse, Mr. William Toddman, whose role was to "procure Indians" had been draining the bank account of funds while not living up to his obligations. They were in St. Louis where there were no Blackfeet and it was too dangerous to go into Blackfoot territories since Lewis and Clarke had killed two Blackfoot tribe members 30 years previously and since then, the Blackfeet were taking their revenge against any white people going into their territory.

With all the confidence of her 20 years, Genny decides to 'procure" a Blackfoot herself and help her father finish the project. She expected to bribe a young woman with trinkets, but when two unscrupulous trappers brutishly captured a handsome and intelligent warrior called Gray Hawk, she felt she had no choice but to keep him against his will. For Gray Hawk, she was just one more example of the lying and treacherous white people he had met. Bidding his time, Gray Hawk knew he would take his revenge against this woman without honour. Would she learn the implications of her actions?

Karen Kay (aka Gen Bailey) is well-known for her romance books and her extensive research, especially concerning American Indians and the appropriate historical context. In GRAY HAWK'S LADY, the first book of her new Blackfoot Warrior Series, she has created a gripping, sensuous and remarkably insightful story of two people shedding their cultural bias and blinders to finally see and appreciate the real person and situations beneath the stereotypes.

An absolutely wonderful laugh out loud scene is Kay's depiction early in the book of Lady Rohan as an "expert" on indigenous peoples sharing her "extensive" knowledge with people on the ship while Gray Hawk decides to provide his own input. GRAY HAWK'S LADY is a wonderful historical romance that is not to be missed! Enjoy!